[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12712]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



         ALLOW HOUSE TO VOTE OPPOSING HOLDING OLYMPICS IN CHINA

  (Mr. LANTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, as probably one of the most bipartisan 
Members of this body, I call on the Republican leadership to allow this 
House to vote on whether the Olympics should be held in the Communist 
dictatorship of China.
  Three months ago, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the House 
Committee on International Relations expressed itself against China 
holding the Olympics by approving H. Con. Res. 73. I am asking the 
Speaker and the majority leader no longer to bottle up our legislation 
and to allow the representatives of the American people to speak their 
minds on this issue.
  Religion is persecuted, political freedom does not exist, media 
freedom does not exist, our airplane is forced down, our servicemen and 
women are held in captivity for 11 days; yet this body is not allowed 
to vote on whether the Olympics should be held in Beijing.
  Mr. Speaker, allow us a vote.

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